Feast Days
Celebrates Mary being taken both body and soul into Heaven
The Assumption
The flower associated with St. Joseph (Chaste Spouse of Mary)
Lillies
Teaches about father’s unconditional love for his child
The Prodigal Son
St. Peter (Simon Peter)
Crucifixion (upside down)
The OACE leader whose face appeared on keychains and earrings
Randy
Commemorates Last Supper and washing of disciples feet
Holy Thursday
First Saint to have stigmata
St. Francis of Assisi
Tells of a man beaten and left for dead on the side of the road
The Good Samaritan
St. Maria Goretti
Stabbed
The total number of AYCs that have been held
69
Celebrated 40 days after Jesus rose from the dead
The Ascension
First incorrupt Saint
St. Cecilia
Shows how the kingdom of God starts small and grows to be very large
The mustard seed
St. Bartholomew
The meaning of YAC
“Youth Ambassadors for Christ”
This feast day is November 1st
All Saints Day
quickest canonization to date
St. Peter of Verona (canonized 11 months after death)
Illustrates God’s desire to find and save everyone who has strayed especially the one
The Lost Sheep
St. Cecilia
wounds of a failed beheading after being locked in a steaming room and suffocated
The phrase often said by Mama Val
“Communicate so you don’t complicate”
This feast is December 8th
The Immaculate Conception
The Biblical figure who is often artistically depicted with horns
Abraham
Emphasizing the use of the gifts and abilities God has given us
The Parable of Talents
St. Florian
Burned at the stake
The current official name of the organization commonly referred to as “YAC”
AYC (i.e. the Archdiocesan Youth Council)”)